Eastbourne, 11 August 1886 
4 Cavendish Place 

Dear Baron, 

I shall gladly do my best as regards your ms. °°* But to promise 
that it will be seen to by a specific date in the near future is utterly 
impossible: 1) everything depends upon the pressure of printed 
sheets, * each of which I must read through carefully at least 3 times 
for proof-correcting and the Ist and 2nd revisions; 2) I have accumu- 
lated such a pile of urgent correspondence— which has been 
completely neglected for the past 3 months—that I shall have to 
dispose of that first; 3) 2 mss. have been lying about here for 7 
months awaiting revision; however, I shall set them aside if needs 
must. 

So send me the ms. and nous verrons.” In any case he‘ only needs the 
first instalment, so send me that. 

Dietz must not hear a word about my going through it. I am only 
too familiar with the way he casts all discretion to the winds as soon 
as he senses that some commercial benefit may be in the offing. If 
necessary, therefore, you will have to find another source of infor- 
mation. 

Changeable weather since yesterday. 

As regards papers, etc., please send me only the French, Spanish 
and German-American Socialists,’ the Sozialdemokrat, the Volks- 
zeitung, Volksfreund and Nature; the others can wait. All company 
prospectuses and reports can likewise wait. 

I shall now get back to the printed sheets. I trust the sea air 
did you both good, especially your wife. Every night between 9 
and 11 we have a hectic game of cards; so far I have been marvel- 

* of the English translation of the first volume of Capital (see Note 56)-> we shall 
see -° J.H.W. Dietz -4 Le Socialiste, El Socialista, Der Sozialist 

lously lucky—as a loser. Nim and the Roshers send their best 
wishes. 
Regards to your wife. 

Your 
FE.